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QUERY.
By G. D. MediCxVL
MgREDDIE,
Officer, IIuudui,
Oudh.
Ox reading the "query" put by Dr. Lees, of Akyab, I was reminded of a somewhat similar case which occurred in my months ago. The case is as follows:?A own practice a few Mahomedan farmer, aged 35, was admitted into hospital, complaining of a painful abdominal tumour; pain paroxysmal in character, and for the time being very acute, the paroxysms not occurobserving any regularity in their returns ; they red at intervals of a few hours, and were about two or three hours in duration. "When first seen, the tumour occupied the position of an enlarged spleen, extending below and to the right of the umbilicus, and on a superficial examination, it was likely to ber Its margins, however, could set down as a splenic enlargement. nor be strictly defined, and, superiorly and externally, the margin seemed about an inch below tne border of the left ribs. On further examination, it was found that it did not always occupy the same site; sometimes it shifted more to the right, and sometimes it descended towards the pubis; such changes in its position were not accounted for by a change of decubitus, or the conditions of the stomach. But what was particularly worthy of remark was the evanescent nature of the disease. I have, for instance, examined the patient at seven in the morning, and found him quite comfortable, and his abdomen perfectly natural, without the trace of a tumour in it. When seen again after a couple of hours, he was in great pain, with the tumour distinctly perceptible. An examination under the influence of chloroform showed no change in the tumour. Both the examinations above referred to were made while the patient had an empty stomach. The conditions of the stomach, whether full or empty, did not affect the tumour. On the supposition that feecal accumulation had something to do with these appearances, aperients, large warm water enemata, &c., were administered, but afforded only temporary relief. The history of the case was that two months before admission he had intermittent fever, which was followed by tho present disease. Iron and opiates appeared to do more good than any other medicines. Will any professional readers of the Gazette give their opinion as to the disease from which this patient suffered? Hukdui, Hth August, 1866.
generally
QUERY.
By G. D. MediCxVL
MgREDDIE,
Officer, IIuudui,
Oudh.
Ox reading the "query" put by Dr. Lees, of Akyab, I was reminded of a somewhat similar case which occurred in my months ago. The case is as follows:?A own practice a few Mahomedan farmer, aged 35, was admitted into hospital, complaining of a painful abdominal tumour; pain paroxysmal in character, and for the time being very acute, the paroxysms not occurobserving any regularity in their returns ; they red at intervals of a few hours, and were about two or three hours in duration. "When first seen, the tumour occupied the position of an enlarged spleen, extending below and to the right of the umbilicus, and on a superficial examination, it was likely to ber Its margins, however, could set down as a splenic enlargement. nor be strictly defined, and, superiorly and externally, the margin seemed about an inch below tne border of the left ribs. On further examination, it was found that it did not always occupy the same site; sometimes it shifted more to the right, and sometimes it descended towards the pubis; such changes in its position were not accounted for by a change of decubitus, or the conditions of the stomach. But what was particularly worthy of remark was the evanescent nature of the disease. I have, for instance, examined the patient at seven in the morning, and found him quite comfortable, and his abdomen perfectly natural, without the trace of a tumour in it. When seen again after a couple of hours, he was in great pain, with the tumour distinctly perceptible. An examination under the influence of chloroform showed no change in the tumour. Both the examinations above referred to were made while the patient had an empty stomach. The conditions of the stomach, whether full or empty, did not affect the tumour. On the supposition that feecal accumulation had something to do with these appearances, aperients, large warm water enemata, &c., were administered, but afforded only temporary relief. The history of the case was that two months before admission he had intermittent fever, which was followed by tho present disease. Iron and opiates appeared to do more good than any other medicines. Will any professional readers of the Gazette give their opinion as to the disease from which this patient suffered? Hukdui, Hth August, 1866.
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